1792 ⟶ Austria and Prussia Forge Military Alliance Against France
February 7: Austria and Prussia sign in Berlin a military co...
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🤝 Reichenbach Convention: Powers Consider Intervention
June 26: Diplomats of England, Austria, Prussia and the United Provinces meet at Reichenbach to discuss possible military intervention against the French Revolution.⟶
French RevolutionInternational RelationsMilitary InterventionDiplomacyAustriaPrussiaEnglandUnited ProvincesCoalitionWar Preparations
⚔️ Brunswick Appointed Commander of Allied Invasion
March 7: The Duke of Brunswick is named to command a joint Austrian-Prussian invasion of France.⟶
French RevolutionWar of the First CoalitionBrunswickInvasionPrussiaAustriaMilitary CommandAllied PowersExile
⚔️ France Declares War on Austria (Holy Roman Empire)
April 20: The Assembly declares war on the King of Bohemia and Hungary, i.e. to the Holy Roman Empire.⟶
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⚔️ Brunswick's Invasion of France Begins; Lafayette Flees
August 19: Lafayette leaves his army and goes into exile. The Coalition army of Austrian and Prussian soldiers, and of French émigrés, led by the Duke of Brunswick crosses the northern and eastern borders into France.⟶
French RevolutionInvasionCoalition WarsMilitary CampaignExileLafayetteDuke of BrunswickPrussiaAustriaÉmigrés
🤝 France and Spain Forge Military Alliance
August 19: Treaty of alliance signed between France and Spain at San Ildefonso.⟶
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